Tag: Vaca Muerta

• Friday, October 25th 2013 - 06:16 UTC

  Alleged 'secret clause' in YPF/Chevron shale agreement triggers strong controversy in Argentina

  

  A New York Times piece published on Thursday regarding the agreement between Argentine nationalized oil and gas company YPF with California based Chevron has triggered a strong controversy in Argentina because of an alleged “secret clause” in the commercial document.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 23:12 UTC

  Argentine oil company finds way to invest in Vaca Muerta and elude legal action from Repsol

  

  One day after the Argentine government extended the deadline to legalize undeclared cash, energy company Bridas International gave new life to the BAADE energy bonds, the most relegated portion of the whitewash scheme, by saying it would snap up 500 million dollars of the paper.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:57 UTC

  Dow Chemical signs accord to jointly develop with YPF Patagonia shale gas

  

  Argentina’s oil and gas YPF and Dow Chemical Co. Argentine unit signed a final accord to invest 188 million dollars to jointly develop shale gas at the country’s Vaca Muerta formation, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:14 UTC

  Germany’s main oil company signs to operate in development of Patagonia’s Vaca Muerta shale deposits

  

  Germany’s Wintershall sealed a 150 million dollar unconventional exploration contract with the Argentine province of Neuquén’s owned Gas y Petroleo de Neuquén to search for oil in the Vaca Muerta formation. The agreement could later be extended to 3.35bn.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation among the world’s 23 highest tight oil reserve areas

  

  The Vaca Muerta formation in the Argentine provinces of Neuquén and Mendoza has been ranked among the 23 highest tight oil reserve areas in the world, according to to a report released yesterday by global information company IHS.

• Saturday, September 14th 2013 - 01:27 UTC

  Energy deficit is Argentina has become dramatic, admits YPF CEO Galuccio

  

  Argentina’s oil and gas corporation YPF CEO Miguel Galuccio admitted that the ‘energy deficit’ of Argentina has become a serious challenge since the country has started to face a serious shortage of light oil for refining.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2013 - 01:36 UTC

  Mexico’s Pemex oil company expected to join YPF in developing shale resources

  

  YPF Chief Executive Officer Miguel Galuccio said Argentina’s nationalized energy company is willing to form a partnership with Mexico’s state-run Petroleos Mexicanos to develop shale oil and natural gas deposits in the Vaca Muerta formation.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 01:39 UTC

  Falklands’ Argentina banned oil companies linked to YPF partner Chevron

  

  An Argentine lawmaker claims that the US oil corporation Chevron which is investing heavily in developing shale resources in Neuquen with YPF is a partner of Oil Spill Response Limited that is also involved with the oil companies operating in the South Atlantic in Argentine waters but licensed by the Falkland Islands government.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 03:39 UTC

  Neuquen legislature approves YPF/Chevron deal to exploit Vaca Muerta shale reserves

  

  The Argentine Patagonian province of Neuquén legislature approved by a comfortable majority the agreement struck between YPF and Chevron to exploit the Vaca Muerta shale gas reserves, after a day disrupted by fierce protests outside the provincial parliament.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:13 UTC

  Chevron-YPF partnership splits the Argentina/Ecuador ‘progressive’ entente

  

  US petroleum giant Chevron has warned that the continuing legal battle with Ecuador's government over pollution charges could put in jeopardy the company's partnership with YPF to exploit the Vaca Muerta shale reserves in the Patagonian province of Neuquén, Argentina.